Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-06-04
MINING NOTES.

MINING NOTES.
The Black Pine mill is being constructed
under Millwright Mckay.
Dave Robinson assumed management Of
the Big Bonanza on the LIST instant.
The work of running drifts al the Orphan
Girl is now being done by contract.
The Black Pine company includes fifteen
whole claims, a small territory in itself.
Parties at work saving the ,ailings OF the
Old Lexington are getting good returns for
their labor.
John Noyes is running his placer with
great success. He has good head OF ater
now, in fact all he wants.
The Dexter will start up in few davs on
ore from the Original, the ore bins at the
mill being about filled up.
Developing work is slowly progressing in
the Mountain View, which is undoubtedly
the richest copper mine in the vicinity.
There is nothing of interest to chronicle
about the Big Colusa at Meaderville, save
that pumping and development are going
on.
Messrs. Wallace and Blake, lessees Of the
Pollock mine at Walkerville, are continu-
ing the work of sinking and making good
progress with the work.
Timbers and other supplies that were
formerly hauled to the High Ore will now
be brought there by the railroad, which is
now completed to this point.
A dispatch was received by the Moulton
people yesterday from the Granite Noun
tain asking for shipment of salt, the Null
Ian tunnel having shut off the regular sup
ply.
The Anaconda now ships ore to the
smelter in the day time, having discon-
tinued shipping at night. Sixty-five cars q
tons.
The Little Darling. adjoining the Blue
Bird, will begin sinking soon. This will
also benefit the Blue Bird, as it will aid in
diminishing the water in the latter. Mr..
James Murray will superintend the sinking.
Considerable prospecting and placer
mining is being done on Wolf Creek, in the
Flathead country. A large body of coal
has been discovered northeast OF the val
ley, but it is in very rough country to
get at now.
Officer Young's properties, close to Boul-
der, are again coming to the front. The
Mary is the most prominent of the group,
and assays made Wednesday showed 800
ounces of silver, Is per cent. copper and
Z per cent. lead.
New ore chutes for loading into Montana
Union cars are in the course of erection at
the Modoc, Wake-Up Jim, Wild Bill and
the Never Sweat. This Hartette consti-
syndicate properties.
John Floyd, the Woodville postmaster,
reports that mining is dull there at pres
ent, the Major Rudd being about the only
one of any prominence that is working q
force of men. Fourth of July in the dis
trict of that name is working few men at
present.
Adam Faraday is trying to organize a
stock company to sta1t the Morning Star
again. At present it is filled with water.
No doubt whatever can exist as to the rich
quality of the ore there, but the chief diff
Guilty to contend with there is the superflu-
ity Of water.
Schuyler Gates says that Rev. C. C.
Frost has disposed of his interest in the
Hope, although he himself retains his sinter-
est. He expects the other co-owners to
meet him here on Saturday. when arrange
ments for the future conduct of the mine
will be settled.
Not long since it was announced that t
Easely mine, east of Rocker, was abor,,,
start up again, but the idea was alb o0e
doned, owing to the expense OF pumpitoI
Schuyler Gates, OF the Hope. said it wouR
take not less than $4,000 to do the
pumping required.
The Neptune has recovered from the
catastrophe occasioned by the cloud burst.
Ths hqnaEsd !eea eat e and Tstsdk sstisndkng viii st en-
mediately recommended. There was not
so much debris in the bottom as was ex-
pected and the damage done was less than
anticipated.
Articles of incorporation of the Anaconda
Mining company have been filed in San
Francisco. The directors are James B.
Haggin, Lloyd Tevis, George Hearst, Louis
T. Haggin, and Joseph Clark. The capital
stock is $40, 900 900. divided into 200 900
shares of par value OF 500 each. OF these
shares each director has subscribed for ten.
w. Edwards, of Butte, not long since
grubstaked a lot of prospectors. They
made three locations near the P1pest one,
of which the following assays have been
made: No. l, SIG gold; No. 2, very low
grade in silver; No. 3, $50 silver. Mr.. Ed
wards will soon 60 to the place OF discov-
cry to personally inspect the prospects.
A gentleman just returned from tho
Black Pine district reports the mill fast
nearing completion. Sixty men are at
work on it's construction. It will be TO-
stamp mill, with arrangements for the ad-
dltlOn OF ten more, should necessary re-
quire. The mine is a mile south OF the
mill, and is being worked by whim, as a
preliminary test before building hoisting
works. The mill is half mile from a
small creek, from which water is run in
boxes to the mill. Operations will not be
commenced before the first of August.
The lessees of the Speculator, Messrs.
Duffy and Linnem, have lately struck a
| large body Of water on the north ledge, but
| the speed OF the pumps was increased, and
on Wednesday evening it appeared that
the water was got under control. The
mine has been producing twenty eight tons
per day. which is shipped to the Colorado
Smelter for reduction. The present depth
| of the shaft is 800 feet and the west drifts
are in $50 feet and still driving. The mine
belo ngs to Pat Largey, Of the Butte Hard
ware Company, and is ably operated by
Foreman Linnem.